This Bill seeks to ensure that Australian entities will be able to comply with new international margin requirements for non-centrally cleared over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transactions, which are due to come into force from September 2016. The purpose of the Financial System Legislation Amendment (Resilience and Collateral Protection) Bill 2016 (the Bill) is to amend the...

The Parliamentary Library provides a series of Budget Review briefings to assist parliamentarians to consider key issues posed by the 2016–17 Budget, selected on the basis of significance, complexity or degree of controversy.

The Commonwealth Budget is typically the most important annual policy statement by the Government. This guide identifies information and key concepts that are used in the Budget Papers and other resources that are available to analyse the Budget. Contents What occurs on Budget night? What occurs after Budget night? What is in the Budget Papers...

This guide provides a brief overview of employment by industry and lists some relevant data sources. This is one in a series of statistical quick guides, designed to provide a basic understanding of Australian labour market data. Other guides include employment and labour force, which are available from the Parliamentary Library website.

Provides details of House of Representatives by-elections, from that held for Darling Downs on 14 September 1901 to the most recent held on 5 December 2015 for North Sydney. Executive summary This paper provides details of House of Representatives by-elections, from that held for Darling Downs on 14 September 1901 to the most recent held...